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Reference
 Wind Farms and Tourism
A valuable addition to the landscape
One of the common myths about wind energy is that the presence of wind turbines in the landscape is a deterrent to tourists. What is true is that a diverse range of factors influence the UK tourist industry, unrelated to wind farm development, and that where studies have been carried out investigating the impact of wind farms on tourism, the results demonstrate that the effect is negligible at worst, with many respondents taking a positive view of wind farms, and saying that it would not affect their liklihood of returning to an area, while a common finding of many other surveys is the public's desire to find out more about wind farms and renewable energy.
The impact of wind farms on the tourist industry in the UK - an overview prepared by BWEA in May 2006
The truth about tourism - results of a MORI poll carried out among visitors to some of Scotland's top beauty spots in October 2002
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